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Children at risk in health crisis
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
20 December 2007
A crisis in health visitor services in north London may be to blame for high infant mortality rates and more deaths will occur if staff shortages are not resolved, a union has warned.
The London Borough of Enfield has the highest infant mortality rate in the capital and one of the worst ratios in England for the number of health visitors to children aged under five. The Unite/Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association said the number of health visitors employed by Enfield Primary Care Trust has fallen by 13 since the start of 2007. Earlier this year, the Family and Parenting Institute put Enfield...
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